Another Lambo Door Question

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"Rice" was a term originally used on all Japanese vehicles imported into the U.S. Therefore if you have a Japanese vehicle it is "rice" so how can you say that modifing a Japanese vehicle makes it look "rice"?

Thank you for the etymology lesson. Despite what it originally meant, the term "ricer" is currently used to refer to any automotive mods that are kitsch (meaning that they tastelessly imitate something functional). Examples are:

• Fart can exhaust. Kitsch, cause it doesn't add any HP... it's just a big chrome tip meant to look like it's a high performance exhaust.
  
  
• Lambo doors. Kitsch, because they serve no purpose. Real lambo doors are designed to improve ingress/egress into an exotic sports car with special design needs.
  
  
• Huge wings on the rear of the car. Kitsch, because they usually add no downforce and most of the time just increase drag and add a lot of turbulence, in effect decreasing the car's aerodynamics.
  
  
• Most body kits. Often times, they are tasteless, but usually just meaningless, because they are not wind-tunnel tested and add no significant improvement to aerodynamics.
  
  
• Black-painted steel wheels (aka hubcap delete). Steel wheels are the heaviest you can find. Painting them black and losing the hubcaps doesn't improve your performance.
  
  
• Painted calipers. Meant to make stock calipers look like Brembos, or some other aftermarket variety, which often come in bright colors. Contrary to popular opinion, the paint does not improve the performance of the stock brakes.
  
  
• Cut springs. Cutting your springs may give your car a lower ride, but it will significantly hamper your vehicle's performance. Lowering the car with aftermarket springs may improve the ride, but unless you're going with a complete suspension redesign (or at least coilovers) you're likely going to just screw up the suspension geometry.
  
  
• Hood scoops. Usually just adds drag. Unless you've got a ram-air induction system going on, this is pathetic. Reference Mustang GT for factory-supplied kitsch.

On the other hand, you have "bling" - a term which refers to mods that are intended to be purely aesthetic, without imitating performance modifications. These include:

• Big chrome wheels,
• Spinners,
• Chrome grills,
• Lights in wheels, hood, neon under car, etc.,
• TVs in headrests,
• Custom paint,
• etc. etc.

So to recap:

Chrome wheels = bling.
Lambo doors = ricer.

I hope you understand what I'm getting at.